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In the film students in the award-winning Pace University course "Producing the Documentary" highlight the unseen issues within the cork industry in Portugal. The students wrote, filmed and produced the entire project, traveling to Porto, Coruche & Lisbon to research and film.When someone tries to tell you the latest far right fringe propaganda that sustainability is some sort of subversive word, let this person know how dead wrong that idea is. Even with technology, scientific advancement incorporated into this ancient industry - the basics remain as a viable means to make a living, to provide a population with a resilient industry.
The film makes the connection between cork harvested for wine bottles, a source of livelihood for 100,000 people, and the forests that are repositories for wildlife across Southern Europe and parts of North Africa.
Contrast this as an economic strategy with the Wal-to-Wal El Camino strip, where from Walgreens to Walmart, Encinitas business means job offerings of minimum wage exploitation of desperate workers. The few businesses that are locally owned may be the exception to the rule. But all businesses suffer when having to compete with the corporate chains.
This campaign season, let's ask our candidates to offer better alternatives for economic resilience.
